Silhouettes & Southern Cross and Pointers

[rogerg (Roger)]

G'day all,

A shot from a few weeks back which I've finally finished processing. It's from Friday night at Astro Camp (March 23rd) when I had a great time walking far and wide through the bush surrounding the actual observing field doing different shots until 2am

Larger with technical details

Enjoy

Roger.

[leinad (Dan)]

Very nice roger.

[leon]

Good stuff Roger, I really love that type of imaging, well done.

Leon

[TrevorW]

Nice Roger

[rogerg (Roger)]

Thanks Trevor & Dan.

Originally Posted by leon

Good stuff Roger, I really love that type of imaging, well done.

Leon

Good to hear Thanks

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

The trees made the perfect frame.

[Ross G]

Great photo Roger.

Nice "mood" and composition.

Ross.

[rogerg (Roger)]

Originally Posted by jjjnettie

The trees made the perfect frame.

Thanks Jjj some times it just works out

Originally Posted by Ross G

Great photo Roger.

Nice "mood" and composition.

Ross.

Thanks for your comments Ross, much appreciated

[SkyViking (Rolf)]

Top shot there Roger, it's very atmospheric and the star colours are nice and natural looking.

[Paul Haese]

Just a little different. The wider framing is interesting.

[rogerg (Roger)]

Originally Posted by SkyViking

Top shot there Roger, it's very atmospheric and the star colours are nice and natural looking.

Thanks I like that it looks natural not you, I like to think such shots give more the feel of being there.

Originally Posted by Paul Haese

Just a little different. The wider framing is interesting.

"different" is good I think. Thanks

[Paul Haese]

Originally Posted by rogerg

"different" is good I think. Thanks

Yep different is good.

[Rigel003 (Graeme)]

Very atmospheric shot Roger. The stars have a diffuse look that suits the mood. Must have been quite a job to process.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Very beautiful image Roger and complete with coloured stars and trees in the frame.. if you decide to enter it into the David Malin awards this year I am certain David will like this very much

Mike

[rogerg (Roger)]

Originally Posted by Rigel003

Very atmospheric shot Roger. The stars have a diffuse look that suits the mood. Must have been quite a job to process.

Thanks for your comments Yes, quite a job to process, I'm slowly getting a bit quicker at blending silhouettes with such tricky outlines but it still takes a few hours work. I guess I like a challenge

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Very beautiful image Roger and complete with coloured stars and trees in the frame.. if you decide to enter it into the David Malin awards this year I am certain David will like this very much

Mike

Thanks for the tip Mike, I always forget tthe David Malin awards until it's too late .. really must put it in my calendar this time and put aside the time to prepare entries.

[Stevec35 (Steve)]

Very impressive. I reckon that would do well in the Malin awards.

Cheers

Steve

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by rogerg

Thanks for the tip Mike, I always forget tthe David Malin awards until it's too late .. really must put it in my calendar this time and put aside the time to prepare entries.

I'll go out on a limb here .... I think this would be in contention for overall winner, probably the most beautiful version of this type of photograph I have seen

Mike

[midnight (Darrin)]

One for the canvas I would say. Bringing the Sky and Earth together in some respect.

Well done Roger!
Darrin...

[rogerg (Roger)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

I'll go out on a limb here .... I think this would be in contention for overall winner, probably the most beautiful version of this type of photograph I have seen

Mike

Wow! Thanks for your enthusiasm and support Mike. I am glad you like it so much, and promise I'll try to get an entry in

Originally Posted by Stevec35

Very impressive. I reckon that would do well in the Malin awards.

Cheers

Steve

Thanks for your vote of confidence Steve, glad you enjoyed it

Originally Posted by midnight

One for the canvas I would say. Bringing the Sky and Earth together in some respect.

Well done Roger!
Darrin...

Thanks Darrin .. I agree, canvas would be awesome .. I wonder .. I could replace the current Southern Cross canvas in my observatory with one of this ... hmmm... will think about it

[gregbradley]

That is very nicely done Roger. I appreciate the difficulty here of matching the foreground with the moving stars. Did you have the foreground as a separate layer?

I like the soft glow of the bright stars. Did you defocus these halfway through the exposure?

Nice effect. It accentuates them nicely. I take it you didn't smear Vaseline all over your lens! Perhaps one of those
glow filters?

Greg.